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Browsing: Abidjan-Lagos corridor
- The 1,028km highway will connect economic capitals of five West African countries, part of Ecowas economic block.
- Estimates show the project will cost $15.1 billion and is part of the Trans-African Highway Network.
- ECOWAS Heads of State want to speed up the construction of the highway..
The African Development Bank and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Heads of State now want to speed up the construction of the highway between Abidjan and Lagos.
This was realized after the 1st round table of development partners and major regional and international DFIs on the financing of the Construction of the Abidjan–Lagos Corridor Highway, in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
The round table aimed at providing the main regional and international development finance institutions with the latest information on this major regional project.
Abidjan-Lagos road design
The meeting also served as an awareness-raising platform and “soft market test” for the project, …
